Surah At-Tur

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 52:1 ▶

   وَٱلطُّورِ ﴿١﴾

   waṭ-ṭūr

   By the mount

2. 52:2 ▶

   وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ ﴿٢﴾

   wakitābim masṭūr

   And [by] a Book inscribed

   Interpreted as the Preserved Slate or possibly the Qur’ān.

3. 52:3 ▶

   فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ ﴿٣﴾

   fī raqqim manshūr

   In parchment spread open

4. 52:4 ▶

   وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ﴿٤﴾

   wal-bayti l-maʿmūr

   And [by] the frequented House

   The house of worship for the angels in the seventh heaven, comparable to the Kaʿbah on earth.

5. 52:5 ▶

   وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ﴿٥﴾

   was-saqfi l-marfūʿ

   And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high

6. 52:6 ▶

   وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ﴿٦﴾

   wal-baḥri l-masjūr

   And [by] the sea set on fire,

   On the Day of Resurrection. Or "the sea which has overflowed."

7. 52:7 ▶

   إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٧﴾

   inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿ

   Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

8. 52:8 ▶

   مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ ﴿٨﴾

   mā lahū min dāfiʿ

   Of it there is no preventer.

9. 52:9 ▶

   يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا ﴿٩﴾

   yawma tamūru s-samā'u mawrā

   On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

10. 52:10 ▶

    وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا ﴿١٠﴾

    watasīru l-jibālu sayrā

    And the mountains will pass on, departing -

    Becoming dust and moving as clouds.

11. 52:11 ▶

    فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١١﴾

    fawayluy yawma'idhil lil-mukadhdhibīn

    Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

12. 52:12 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    alladhīna hum fī khawḍiy yalʿabūn

    Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

13. 52:13 ▶

    يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ﴿١٣﴾

    yawma yudaʿʿūna 'ilā nāri jahannama daʿʿā

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

14. 52:14 ▶

    هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    hādhihi n-nāru llatī kuntum bihā tukadhdhibūn

    "This is the Fire which you used to deny.

15. 52:15 ▶

    أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    afasiḥrun hādhā 'am 'antum lā tubṣirūn

    Then is this magic, or do you not see?

16. 52:16 ▶

    ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

    iṣlawhā faṣbirū 'aw lā taṣbirū sawā'un ʿalaykum | innamā tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūn

    [Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."

17. 52:17 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ ﴿١٧﴾

    inna l-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wanaʿīm

    Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

18. 52:18 ▶

    فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٨﴾

    fākihīna bimā 'ātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīm

    Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.

19. 52:19 ▶

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    kulū washrabū hanī'am bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

    [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

20. 52:20 ▶

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

    muttaki'īna ʿalā sururim maṣfūfah | wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīn

    They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

21. 52:21 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ ﴿٢١﴾

    walladhīna 'āmanū wattabaʿat-hum dhurriyyatuhum bi'īmānin 'alḥaqnā bihim dhurriyyatahum wamā 'alatnāhum min ʿamalihim min shay' | kullu mri'im bimā kasaba rahīn

    And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.

    i.e., the reward thereof.

    i.e., subject or held responsible. Literally, "a hostage."

22. 52:22 ▶

    وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    wa'amdadnāhum bifākihatiw walaḥmim mimmā yashtahūn

    And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.

23. 52:23 ▶

    يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    yatanāzaʿūna fīhā ka'sal lā laghwun fīhā walā ta'thīm

    They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.

24. 52:24 ▶

    ۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

    wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ghilmānul lahum ka'annahum lu'lu'um maknūn

    There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.

25. 52:25 ▶

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wa'aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍiy yatasā'alūn

    And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

26. 52:26 ▶

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    qālū 'innā kunnā qablu fī 'ahlinā mushfiqīn

    They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allāh].

27. 52:27 ▶

    فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾

    famanna llāhu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿadhāba s-samūm

    So Allāh conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.

28. 52:28 ▶

    إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٢٨﴾

    innā kunnā min qablu nadʿūh | innahū huwa l-barru r-raḥīm

    Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

    i.e., worship.

29. 52:29 ▶

    فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٩﴾

    fadhakkir famā 'anta biniʿmati rabbika bikāhiniw walā majnūn

    So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

30. 52:30 ▶

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ﴿٣٠﴾

    am yaqūlūna shāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihī rayba l-manūn

    Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?

    i.e., some accident or inevitable death.

31. 52:31 ▶

    قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

    qul tarabbaṣū fa'innī maʿakum mina l-mutarabbiṣīn

    Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

32. 52:32 ▶

    أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    am ta'muruhum 'aḥlāmuhum bihādhā | am hum qawmun ṭāghūn

    Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

    In this expression is also a subtle allusion to the leaders of the Quraysh, who considered themselves to be great minds.

33. 52:33 ▶

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    am yaqūlūna taqawwalah | bal lā yu'minūn

    Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

34. 52:34 ▶

    فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    falya'tū biḥadīthim mithlihī 'in kānū ṣādiqīn

    Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

35. 52:35 ▶

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    am khuliqū min ghayri shay'in 'am humu l-khāliqūn

    Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

36. 52:36 ▶

    أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    am khalaqu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | bal lā yūqinūn

    Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

37. 52:37 ▶

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    am ʿindahum khazā'inu rabbika 'am humu l-muṣayṭirūn

    Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

38. 52:38 ▶

    أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

    am lahum sullamuy yastamiʿūna fīh | falya'ti mustamiʿuhum bisulṭānim mubīn

    Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].

39. 52:39 ▶

    أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    am lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūn

    Or has He daughters while you have sons?

40. 52:40 ▶

    أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    am tas'aluhum 'ajran fahum mim maghramim muthqalūn

    Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

41. 52:41 ▶

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn

    Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

42. 52:42 ▶

    أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    am yurīdūna kaydā | falladhīna kafarū humu l-makīdūn

    Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

43. 52:43 ▶

    أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    am lahum 'ilāhun ghayru llāh | subḥāna llāhi ʿammā yushrikūn

    Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

44. 52:44 ▶

    وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ ﴿٤٤﴾

    wa'iy yaraw kisfam mina s-samā'i sāqiṭay yaqūlū saḥābum markūm

    And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

    Marking the onset of Allāh's punishment, as they had requested.

45. 52:45 ▶

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    fadharhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu lladhī fīhi yuṣʿaqūn

    So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

46. 52:46 ▶

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    yawma lā yughnī ʿanhum kayduhum shay'aw walā hum yunṣarūn

    The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.

47. 52:47 ▶

    وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    wa'inna lilladhīna ẓalamū ʿadhāban dūna dhālika walākinna 'aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

    And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.

    If not in this world, in the grave.

48. 52:48 ▶

    وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٤٨﴾

    waṣbir liḥukmi rabbika fa'innaka bi'aʿyuninā | wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika ḥīna taqūm

    And be patient, [O Muḥammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes [i.e., sight]. And exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord when you arise

49. 52:49 ▶

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٤٩﴾

    wamina llayli fasabbiḥhu wa'idbāra n-nujūm

    And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.